Edwin J. Houston

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Edwin J. Houston (Alexandria, Virginia 1847– New York 1914) was an American electrical inventor. He graduated from New York Central High School in 1864. Initially a high-school teacher, le helped design an arc light generator with his then colleague Elihu Thomson. Together, they created the Thomson-Houston Electric Company in 1879. In 1894, Edwin Houston formed a consulting firm in electrical engineering with Arthur Kennelly. Edwin Houston was twice president of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. He died from heart failure.

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Thomson-Houston Electric Company

[edit] Books by Edwin J. Houston

E. J. Houston and A. E. Kennelly Electric Arc Lighting (New York : Electrical World & Engineer, 1902)
Electric incandescent lighting (New York, The W.J. Johnston Company, 1896)
E. J. Houston and A. E. Kennelly Electro-dynamic machinery for continuous currents (New York, The W.J. Johnston Company, 1896)
E. J. Houston and A. E. Kennelly The electric motor and the transmission power (New York, The W.J. Johnston Company, 1896)
E. J. Houston and A. E. Kennelly Electric Heating(New York, The W.J. Johnston Company, 1895)
E. J. Houston and A. E. Kennelly Alternating Electric Currents(New York, The W.J. Johnston Company, 1895)
E. J. Houston and A. E. Kennelly Electric street railways (New York, The W.J. Johnston Company, 1896)
E. J. Houston and A. E. Kennelly Electrical engineering leaflets : advanced grade (New York : Electrical World & Engineer, 1895)
E. J. Houston and A. E. Kennelly Electrical engineering leaflets : intermediate grade (New York : Electrical World & Engineer, 1895)
E. J. Houston A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (volume 1) (New York : P. F. Collier, 1902)
E. J. Houston A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (volume 2) (New York : P. F. Collier, 1902)